[Foundation-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen, in Alexandria, Egypt

[Ray Saintonge]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> On 14/10/2007, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>   
>> Jason Safoutin wrote:
>>     
>>> 4) Who are these people on the "jury"? I mean I know their names, but
>>> who are they. Are they wealthy? Travel the world frequently? Seems like
>>> it because in my opinion this place was picked because it was somewhere
>>> they decided it would be nice to visit. More than half of all
>>> wikimedians will likely NOT be able to afford the trip, in some cases
>>> from literally on the other side of the globe. Might as well rob a bank
>>> for the finances.
>>>       
>> Well, actually, no matter where we hold Wikimania in the future, a lot
>> of people will find it a long way to travel.  Such is the nature of a
>> global project.
>>     
> Of course, but that's not a reason not to try and make it possible for
> as many people as possible to come. There are different sizes of "a
> lot".
It seems to me that that is the principal underlying rationale for the 
rotation criterion.

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